Backpack allows former FTX EU users to reclaim euro balances after KYC verification, following its acquisition of the bankrupt crypto platform's EU arm. Crypto exchange Backpack announced that customers of the defunct crypto exchange FTX EU can begin reclaiming their funds through its service. According to a May 12 X post, Backpack now allows FTX EU users who selected it as the redistribution platform to claim their euro balance. Users must first complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification. Backpack’s support page also said that the KYC details on the platform must match the ones provided to FTX EU: Read more
Turbomecanica (stock symbol: TBM), the only local manufacturer of gas turbine engines and mechanical assemblies for aircraft, ended the first quarter of 2025 with profit of RON4.2 million, up 227% against the result reported in the same period of 2024.
Speculative activity remains closely tied to global funding rates, highlighting crypto’s growing “interconnectedness” with traditional finance, a BIS report claimed. Hundreds of billions of dollars in cross-border cryptocurrency payments flow globally, driven primarily by speculative investment, according to a recent report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The BIS study, published May 8, found cross-border payments using the two largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), and the two largest stablecoins, USDt (USDT) and USDC (USDC), totaled about $600 billion during the second quarter of 2024, the final observation period covered by the analysis. “Our findings highlight speculative motives and global funding conditions as key drivers of native crypto asset flows,” the BIS said. Read more